The Stages of the Path to Enlightenment:
A Comprehensive Study of Lama Tsongkhapa's Middle Length Lam-Rim

The genre of teachings known as the Stages of the Path (Tibetan: lam-rim) represents a synthesis of the entire Buddhist path to enlightenment as set out in the Mahayana scriptures. Among the many texts in this genre, Lama Tsongkhapa's Middle Length Lam-Rim is a comprehensive and straightforward presentation of the essential instructions that support the progressive stages of meditation and practice leading to the attainment of Buddhahood. Easy to understand and apply in meditation, these teachings establish a foundation and context for daily spiritual practice within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

The Stages of the Path to Enlightenment is taught in four sequential courses. The third, Striving for Enlightenment, teaches that in order to enter the third and final level of the Stages of the Path - the "great scope" that has the highest goal of complete enlightenment - it is essential to generate bodhichitta, the mind that aspires to that aim through the development of boundless compassion and love for all beings along with an altruistic intention to benefit them. With bodhichitta the focus is then placed on engaging in the bodhisattva's deeds - primarily the six perfections of generosity, ethical discipline, patience, joyous effort, concentration and wisdom - that support progress towards the result of buddhahood.


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Artist/Composer: Don Handrick
Keywords: Thubten Norbu Ling; Tibetan Buddhism; Santa Fe NM; FPMT; Middle Length Lam-Rim; Lamrim; Lam Rim

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